Characters inconsistencies (mostly Snape's) WAS :Re:What did you like

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 183832

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
 
> If he's inconsistently depicted anywhere, it's in the scene 
> from "the Prince's Tale" where he seems terrified of 
> Dumbledore: "Don't kill me!" That, to me, seemed OoC for Snape.


He was distraught, Carol :-)! He was so terrified for Lily that he 
lost his nerve :-)! I can understand that. He can't always be the man 
of steel :-)! Snape was afraid DD will kill him before he had the 
time to give his warning! Then Lily won't be protected!

I personally find it inconsistent when Snape calls Lily "Lily Potter" 
in "The Prince's Tale". It happened only once (p.687), but for me 
it's very much OoC. He always called her "Lily Evans" before, even 
after she married James, and I believe it's very "Snape". I don't 
know why JKR made him say "Lily Potter" - maybe she wanted to show 
that he finally accepted the fact that Lily was James Potter's wife, 
but I don't believe he ever did - he was stubborn this way ... ;-(.


zanooda, who likes the scene on the hill ...